The eight-episode third season of Netflix’s popular retro science fiction series Stranger Things is currently in production, although it won’t be out for a while. But as with Game of Thrones, sometimes the cast members get a little ahead of themselves. For example, star Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) said a bit too much during an appearance at the 2018 Stranger Con in Chicago. Read on for very light SPOILERS.
Anyone remember Chester, the Byers family dog? He barked at creatures from the Upside Down, looked on bemused as Will’s mom Joyce (Winona Ryder) strung up Christmas lights in an attempt to communicate with her presumed-dead son? He didn’t appear in season 2. Whatever happened to him?
"I think he died, didn’t he? He did. You can tell, I guess. Like, in this season, there’s a grave for him that you see."
“Oh, I don’t think I was supposed to say that,” Schnapp continued. No, but you’re hardly the first actor to let something slip.
According to star David Harbour (Chief Jim Hopper), the dog was “the worst” on set. “he damn dog wouldn’t do what it was supposed to do,” he said on The Howard Stern Show. “It was just supposed to bark at a thing…And there was a trainer who was off camera yelling like, ‘C’mon, we gotta make our money, this is how we make our money!’ And I was like, ‘this is weird.’” So maybe that explains the quiet exit.
Schnapp did confirm, however, that the kids will play more Dungeons & Dragons in season 3, although don’t mistake their onscreen enthusiasm for actual interest. “They never taught us how to play it,” Schnapp said. “On set, there’s a professional D&D player. He’s really good. I still don’t know how to play it. It’s such a complex game.”
Schnapp delivered some more general season 3 teases when talking to The Hollywood Reporter, saying that things will be “very different this season because it’s in the summer, so you kind of get to see a different version of everyone.”
"It’s great because it has a lot of the dark parts from season two and a lot of the light playful parts from season one."
We can also expect to see more of Erica, Lucas’ little sister, inarguably the breakout character from season 2:
“She definitely has a bigger part this season, and she kind of has her own storyline with someone from the cast,” Schnapp said. Sass incoming.
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